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Long Journey Home

The Perilous Escapes of Anzac POWs from Fascists in Wartime Italy

by Katrina Kittel

Captured at Alamein, used as forced labour on farms in northern Italy, thousands of Australian and New Zealand diggers escaped their captors when Italy signed an armistice in September 1943, including the author's father. Could they make it over the Alps to freedom in Switzerland before winter set in?
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Pages:

336

Published:

Jun 2026

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

ISBN:

9781761472701

Captured at Alamein, used as forced labour on farms in northern Italy, thousands of Australian and New Zealand diggers escaped their captors when Italy signed an armistice in September 1943, including the author's father. Could they make it over the Alps to freedom in Switzerland before winter set in?
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